No / Noise

The Parks Dept. is musician / producer Luke Farmer who lives and records in Northampton, England. Luke first came to prominence on the music scene in 2001 as one quarter of indie-rock band Kapowski. After 5 years of touring and a release with Fierce Panda, a change of direction was required. Having always been involved with the production side of Kapowski, there had always been an interest in electronics and sound engineering. 'The development of The Parks Dept. had in a way already begun before I realized, because I'd been producing my own music at home which always had a natural leaning towards other influences such as electronica and electro house'. The Parks Dept. sound has been favourably compared to LCD Soundsystem, Joy Division and Daft Punk although Luke's musical influences come from less obvious reference points such as Lightning Bolt and Belle & Sebastian. Under the name The National Parks, Luke has been performing since the end of 2006, achieving local BBC radio coverage and also airtime on Steve Lamacq's 6 Music show.